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The Ultimate Strawberries and Cream Cake

The Ultimate Strawberries and Cream Cake is a light as air sponge cake with fresh strawberries, vanilla whipped cream and strawberry compote.

The Ultimate Strawberries and Cream Cake

I couldn’t decide whether to just use fresh sliced strawberries for this cake or turn them into a quickly stewed strawberry sauce to fill the layers. Since there were two, one pound packages of fresh strawberries in the fridge, I decided not to decide and used both.

The sponge cake used is a shortcut version that soaks up the strawberry juice and sauce nicely, making for a very moist delicious cake. This cake is like a good strawberry trifle that can be cut in slices. Definitely one of the best strawberry desserts I’ve ever tried and actually does taste as good as it looks.

The Ultimate Strawberries and Cream Cake

2017 UPDATE: I have made this cake many times since and we absolutely never get tired of it, especially in summer strawberry season. My daughter always asks for it as a birthday cake too. It’s an ideal cake for those who don’t like heavy sweet icing or traditional birthday cake.

In the bowl of an electric mixer with the whisk attachment in place add the eggs, sugar and vanilla extract.Beat at high speed until the mixture is very light and foamy and about tripled in volume.

Remove the bowl from the mixture and very gently fold in the flour, a little at a time. I like to sprinkle the flour over the surface of the batter a little a t a time and gently fold in with a rubber spatula.

Remove about a cup of this batter and stir the melted butter. Then fold the butter and batter mixture gently into the batter in the bowl.

Pour into the prepared pans and bake at 350 degrees for 25- 30 minutes or until the cake springs back at the center and a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Cool completely on a wire rack before splitting each layer with a serrated bread knife to create 4 layers in total.

To prepare the Strawberry Compote

Wash and hull the strawberries and cut them into slices. Toss the strawberries in the sugar and let sit for ½ an hour. This will help to draw the juice from the strawberries before cooking them.

Bring the strawberries and sugar to a very gentle simmer for about 5-10 minutes.

Dissolve the corn starch in the water and slowly add to the simmering strawberries as you stir gently but continuously. Bring the mixture back up to a gentle simmer and cook for an additional minute before removing from the heat and cooling completely. Chill in the fridge when it reaches room temperature.

To prepare the Vanilla Whipped Cream

Simply beat the whipping cream, icing sugar and vanilla extract in the bowl of an electric mixer until firm peaks form.

To construct the cake

Place the first layer on the cake plate and top with half the vanilla whipped cream and sliced berries. add the next layer of cake and then half the strawberry sauce. Continue by adding the next layer of cake, whipped cream and fresh strawberries. Add the final layer of cake and top with the remaining half of the strawberry sauce. Garnish with additional whipped cream and fresh strawberries if desired. Chill for a couple of hours before serving.

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Made this for a family get together and to say it was a hit, is a definite understatement! From the blend of the compote and raw berries to the tasty sponge cake and lastly the heavenly whipped cream, this has been voted our #1 strawberry dessert!! Thanks Barry, your website, books and recipes are #1.

Made this today. Easy to make and yummy except for the bottom layer which seemed uncooked but in fact, the moisture from the cream and berries in combination with the weight of the berries, soaked in bottom layer which made it look unappealing. Nice and not sweet. A recipe that is a keeper.

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